Refrigerator



(No Model.)

J. HAMMERL.

REFRIGERATOR Patented June 24, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JOSEPH HAMMERL, OF LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK.

REFRIGERATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 430,944, dated June 24,1890.

Application filed. October 2, 1889. Serial 110' 325,746. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J osnrrr HAMMERL, a citizen of the United'States, and a resident of Long Island City, in the county of Queens and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Refrigerators; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective top view of my. improved refrigerator with the lid or cover open and the ice-tray removed, so as to show the tray-supporting gutter-cleats. Fig. 2isa longitudinal sectional view, on a vertical plane, of the same, and Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view on line :20 a: in Fig. 2.

Like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention relates to improvements in refrigerators; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described, and then pointed out in the claim.

Reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the body of the refrigerator, which maybe of any desired size and construction, and the interior of which is provided with the usual shelves for holding the articles placed in the refrigerator. The upper part of the body A above the door B forms the usual icechamber O, the bottom of which is formed by the removable ice-tray D. The ends (1 clof the latter rest upon cleats E E-one on each side-which are set at an angle to the inner end walls of the body A B, so as to form a V-shaped trough or receptacle e, the outer edge of which is overlapped by the ends at of the tray D, as illustrated clearly in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

Upon the front and back walls of the body A B are fastened on the inside two similar cleats F F, one on each side-z'. 6., one on the front wall and the other on the back walland the rims or flanges f of these cleats are cut oif near the side walls, as shown at a, Fig. 1, to afford room for the ends of the side cleats E, which project through and rest in the recesses a of said cleats F. The front cleats F are not shown in this figure, but are provided with recesses identical with the recesses a, shown in the back cleats. It follows that the drip which collects in the V-shaped troughs formed by the cleats E is discharged into the back gutter formed by the back cleats F, and it will also be seen that the recessed ends of these cleats or gutters F form supports or bearings for the overlapping ends of the side cleats E.

The ice-tray D consists simply of a rect angular plate adapted to fit inside of the icechamber 0, so as to form a bottom for the same, and is supported upon the gutter-cleats F F and side cleats E, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. length and width than the interior of the ice chamber, thus leaving a narrow open space G all around the tray, which permits the drip to escape down into the gutters F F and troughs e,from which it flows through an open gutter H, leading down to and through the bottom of the refrigerator in the usual manner.

By conducting the drip into open troughs or gutters and conveying it by the. oblique gutter H along the back wall of the refrigerator I get the full benefit of the drip, which will operate in conjunction with the ice contained in the ice-chamber to cool the air. Again, by using open gutters instead of the usual pipes I prevent choking or clogging up of the drip-conduits,therebypreventing overflow into the bottom of the refrigerator. Again, by constructing the ice-tray in the manner described and supporting it upon the open gutters and end cleats it may readily be removed, thus affording easy access to the interior of the refrigerator from the top,so that the same may be thoroughly and effectually cleaned whenever desired. It will also be seen that the gutters may readily be cleaned simply by removing the detachable ice-tray D.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States* In a refrigerator, the combination, with the body having a cover and a door, of the paral- This tray is of slightly-less [e1 cleat-gutters F F, recessed at their ends, In testimony that I claim the foregoing as the end cleats E E, forming V-shaped troughs my own I have hereunto affixed my signature e, said end cleats projecting through and restin presence of two Witnesses.

ing in the recessed ends of the cleats F F, the JOSEPH HAMMERL. gutter H, and the removable ice-tray D, rest- Witnesses: ing upon and overlapping the cleats E E, r J. ROBT. LAWS,

substantially as described. J. HARVEY SMEDLEY. 

